Effect of Laser Treated HVOF Coating on Ti-15 Alloy for Combating Oxidation on Gas Turbines at 700ï‚°C

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M. Dharamendara
N. Jegadeeswaran

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Degradation by high temperature oxidation is one important failure mode of the components made from Ti alloys, used in hot sections of gas turbines. One possible way to overcome this problem is to use coatings, which can withstand oxidation environment at elevated temperatures. The present research work explores the possibility of use of HVOF sprayed cermet coatings on the materials used in gas turbine systems followed by laser heat treated on the coatings. Oxide alloy powder will be sprayed on titanium alloy (Ti-15) used in turbine related applications. Oxidation studies were conducted in an air at 700ï‚°C for 50 cycles by thermogravimetric method. It is followed by the investigation of their cyclic oxidation of the coating behaviour before and after laser heat treated is compared with un-coated substrate alloys by thermo gravimetric method. The reaction products of oxidized samples will be identified and gone through structural investigation made by means of X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDAX) techniques.

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